Ethics May Win Out, After All
What’s happening is that the voters are getting back at Congress for the pay raise they so dishonestly passed in late 1989, as well as for the tax…
Category: Congress
The Democrats’ Tax Bill is a Bad Deal
Do you get the idea you are just onlookers watching a charade when you hear about what Congress is doing about taxes? of course, the Democrats’ tax bill…
Bon Voyage to John Frohnmayer
The with-no-regrets termination of John Frohnmayer as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was long overdue. But one swallow does not a summer make, and…
Scandals Shake the Imperial Congress — March 1992
America 2000 is Heading Us into a National School System
Education has emerged as a national issue in a very short historical tine-frame. that speed in itself is newsworthy; the U.S. Department of Education only dates from the…
How to Make Reapportionment Fair
You may think that, in our American democracy, the decisions about who represents you in our national and state legislatures are made when you and your neighbors vote…
The Question of Motives
Hour after hour, the Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee and the media commentators kept saying that Anita Hill “must be credible because she didn’t have anything to…
Exposing the Continuing Obscenities of the NEA
Three cheers for Jesse Helms! He made the U.S. Senators vote very specifically on how they are spending the taxpayers’ money. The refrain of an old popular song…
Americans do not Support Liberal Programs
A revealing article in this month’s Mother Jones magazine exposes the elitism and cynicism of the liberals. In their hearts, they really believe they should have the authority…
Does One Size Fit All?
One of the characters in ancient Greek mythology, Procrustes, invented the “one size fits all” mentality. He captured travelers and put them on an iron bed. If their…